Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-08-26

How THEY BRING SoRRow TO THE Soul
BROOKLYN PHILANTHRoPIsT.
From he Nen YORK. Tribune.


The watermelon season has arrived to
the greet Joy of nearly every one. Those
who visit Fulton Market and see rows OF .
staid merchants standing up to the rack
and chumping the slices which they
have picked out will compreh' nd that
watermelon is thing of joy. But there
is one man to whom the advent OF the
green elipsoids brings no happiness, and
npouwhose heart and brain care, because
of watermelon, is settling in black cloud
like mosquitoes upon the face OF New
Jersey inebriate. And yet he Is most
estimable man, indeed one OF that band
of God fearing, man-loving, slavery hat
ing men who made the North honored
and respected even in the days before the
shareholders rebellion proved its great
ness. He is in charge of some tenement
buildings over in Brooklyn, built not TO
squeeze money ont of the anguish OF the
poor, but to afford to every one living
within their walls the maximum OF light,
air and privacy. The managers soul Is
in these Towers, as they are playfully
called. AMI his face has generally been an
index to the serenity of his heart, because
all was we'll there, and the dwellings were
clean, contented. efrespecting and re.
spected.
But IflcDU WHO SdW 1lul bHC ObuNt
day noticed with pain that he was wor-
ried and that the tranquility of his eyes
was gone.
Whats the ma terY' he asked SYM
pathetically. rs the heat TO much for
you p
oh no." he replied. "The Towers
are as cool in summer us they are warm
in winter. But little thing of troubling
me, only little thing, and yet it is Civ
| ing me more vexation than i care to ex-
press You know how villainously Brook
| lyn is treated by the persons who look
| after the street cleaning and the removal
of garbage and ashes Well | resolved
that the Towers should be independent
of them, so contracted for the cleaning
of our section of streets and fer the re-
moval of our individual ashes. The gar
bage was great trouble, but | educated
our people to burning as much of II as
possible, so that we might use small and
incOnspicuous cans.
But will garbage burn p interrupted
the friend.
Certainly, answered the agent. Il
tell all my new corners that almost every
thing which goes into the garbage cans
will burn freely because it as for tie most
part carbon; but now, here he paused
now that people have commence to
| eat waterme 'ons-'
"Watermelon RIM certainly will not
burn freely said his friends with a mis-
| chievous look Of amusement
"Well, no--not what you might call
| freely i3ut thought If the families ex-
ercised proper self-restraint and ate only
one or two during the season they might
chop up the rind into small square pieces
| and so get rid of it There is unforiu-
nately now in the Towers family that
acquired the wptermelon habit down
South, and apparently they consume
wat, rmelon every day. 1t seems real
| tempting of Providence in these cholera
ish times, doesn't it =
Il don't know about that said the
fried. I'm fond of watermelon my
SELF
'.In moderation, my dear boy. in mod.
| Grafton and then you needut bother your.
| self about the rind. This family insists
upon mingling their watermelon rind
with their ashes, contrary to our rules,
and I've been in brown study about ii.
because you see il the watermelon habit
should spread like an epidemic among
the Ieople of the Towe S, there would be
more rind than could be carried off daily
| ny a wagon and a stogt pair of horses.
The thought of this really takes away
my appetite, and | doubt if ! shall be
myself 50 long as the season lasts,